CABRILLO, JUAN RODRÍGUEZ

hwän rôthrēˈgāth käbrēˈlyō, Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal. In 1520 he landed in Mexico with Pánfilo de Narváez and joined in the conquests of Mexico and Guatemala. Accompanying Pedro de Alvarado up the west coast of Mexico, he assumed command of the expedition and continued the voyage after Alvarado's death. He discovered San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing at Point Loma Head, now in Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond San Francisco Bay, which he did not find. Returning to winter on San Miguel Island off the Santa Barbara coast, he died Jan. 3, 1543.

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books on: Cabrillo Juan RodrIguez  - 105 results

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Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco
Book by Herbert Eugene Bolton; A.A. Knopf, 1931
Subjects: Anza, Juan Bautista de--1735-1788, California--Description and travel--To 1848, San Francisco (Calif.)--History
...seen these northern shores. Cabrillo had made known the long, crooked...Riveras division, with Father Juan Crespi as diarist, went ahead...addressed to the viceroy by Juan Bautista de Anza, captain of...killed in battle with Apaches. Juan Bautista the grandson ran true...
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Latin Looks: Images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. Media
Book by Clara E. Rodríguez; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Hispanic Americans And Mass Media
...18. What We Can Do Clara E. Rodriguez 261 References...Rita Hayworth Olga San Juan Maria Montez...
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Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975
Book by James S. Olson, Sam L. Slick, Samuel Freeman, Virginia Garrard Burnett, Fred Koestler; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Spain--Colonies--History--Dictionaries, Spain--History--Dictionaries, Spain--Territories And Possessions--History--Dictionaries
...government of Martin Rodriguez enabled him to return...Buenos Aires won with Juan Manuel de Rosas * in...23, 1808 , Saturnino Rodriguez Pena negotiated a transfer...Olaguer Reynals, and Juan Antonio de Santa Coloma...Cortes under General Juan Prim y Prats in November...
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North American Exploration: A New World Disclosed - Vol. 1
Book by John Logan Allen; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: North America--Discovery And Exploration
...3.2 New World Portion of the World Map by Juan de la Cosa 1500 / 171 3.3...7.1 Western Hemisphere on the Planisphere by Juan Vespucci 1526 / 355 7.2...
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Encomienda Politics in Early Colonial Guatemala, 1524-1544: Dividing the Spoils
Book by Wendy Kramer; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Encomiendas (Latin America), Guatemala--Politics And Government--To 1821, Indians Of Central America--Guatemala--Government Relations, Indians, Treatment Of--Guatemala--History
...71. 75 Rodriguez Becerra, Encomienda...take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico in...1976 . 83 Rodriguez Becerra, Encomienda...a lowly artisan, Juan de Espinar. Chapter...is also cited in Rodriguez Becerra, Encomienda...testified that he and Juan de Oriza discovered...
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"Or Da Poggia, or Da Orza" (Purg. 32): Nautical Deixis in Dante's Commedia
Journal article by William Sayers; The Romanic Review, Vol. 96, 2005
Subjects: Dante Alighieri--Criticism and interpretation, Dante Alighieri--Works, Seafaring (Lifestyle)--Portrayals, Seafaring life--Portrayals, The Divine Comedy (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...Spanish. See, for example, the account from 1542 of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailing northward along the California coast...Relacion, o diario, de la navegacion que hizo Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo ... , in Coleccion de varios documentos para la...
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1. Historical Outline of Mission Development in the Californias
Journal article; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: California--History, California--Religious aspects, Spanish colonialism--History, Spanish colonialism--Religious aspects, Spanish missions--Buildings and facilities, Spanish missions--History
...1542 by the maritime expedition of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Bartolome Ferrelo. They discovered...for door and window openings. San Juan de Londo was made of stone containing...presidial and Indian labor. Fr. Juan de Ugartes personal, hands-on involvement...
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Discerning Connections, Revising the Master Narrative, and Interrogating Identity in Louis Owens's the Sharpest Sight
Journal article by Chris Lalonde; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: Indians Of Central America--Periodicals
...discovered by Europeans." 13 The Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo first contacted them in 1542, and the mission system...independent bearing, he seemed worthy in saying, as he of Juan Fernandez fame: I am monarch of all I survey. His...


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San Salvador Replica
Magazine article by Leonard Panaggio; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, May 2009
...full-sized historically accurate replica of San Salvador, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillos flagship during his 1542 voyage of discovery. As...palpable link to Californias and the nations history. "Cabrillo landed in San Diego 65yrs before the Jamestown settlement...
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The Californian Missions: Patricia Cleveland-Peck Introduces a Beautiful String of Spanish Religious Foundations
Magazine article by Patricia Cleveland-Peck; History Today, Vol. 56, August 2006
Subjects: Religious institutions--Evaluation, Religious institutions--Services, Religious organizations--Evaluation, Religious organizations--Services, San Diego, California--Description and travel, San Diego, California--History
...land when it was first spotted by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542, then in 1602 explorer...parochial activities there. San Juan de Capistrano, dubbed Jewel of...forgotten way of life. Mission San Juan de Capistrano was sold to the Mexican...
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PSA Plans Exciting Tours for San Diego!
Magazine article by Carole L. Hagaman; PSA Journal, Vol. 67, March 2001
Subjects: Photographic Society of America--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., San Diego, California--Description and travel, Travel photography--California
...Lighthouse, which has been a San Diego icon since 1854. A statue and museum in the Visitor Center commemorate Juan Rodriguez Cabrillos exploration of the coast of California. In a former army building an exhibit tells the story of the coast artillery...
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On a Mission to Relive History
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, May 2001
Subjects: California--History, Mexico--History, Spaniards in the United States--History, Spanish missions--California
...Russia. As early as 1542, the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing for Spain, had laid claim to San Diego Bay...the reconstructed missions as tourist sites. San Juan Capistrano is the embodiment of romantic ruins, with...
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Maritime Museum of San Diego
Magazine article by Leonard Panaggio; Sea Classics, Vol. 41, March 2008
...with the reconstruction, beginning perhaps a year hence, of the galleon San Salvador, capitana (flagship) of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who during his voyage on 28 September, discovered San Diego bay. When complete, San Salvador will be the only...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cabrillo Juan RodrIguez  - 7 results

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Cabrillo, Juan RodrÍguez
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CABRILLO, JUAN RODRIGUEZ hwan rothre gath kabre lyo, Port. Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho, d...San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing at Point Loma Head, now in Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond San Francisco...
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Santa Barbara Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast from Point Conception to San Diego. The islands were visited in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain. They are located from 13 to 68 mi (21 109 km) west of the mainland...
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Santa Catalina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...9 km) wide, with a picturesque, irregular coastline dotted with coves and beaches. It was explored in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and given its present name by Vizcaino in 1602. In 1919, William Wrigley bought the island and constructed vacation...
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Alvarado, Pedro De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...against them in the Mixton War. He led a foolhardy attack and was accidentally killed in the subsequent retreat. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo took command of the maritime expedition. Alvarados wife, Dona Beatriz de la Cueva , succeeded him as governor...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1913 137 (55) Memorial to Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo . California Coastal Rocks...exhibits on maritime history. San Juan HS NE Puerto Rico 1949 75...lanes to the New World. San Juan Island HP NW Wash. 1966 1...
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